RED ROAR runs a really fun (but slightly scary sounding) public speaking program for both Stage 2 & Stage 3 students in Newtown, Haberfield & Erskineville. It’s called ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Monologue. With guidance, students write, learn, rehearse and perform their own short solo pieces. Of the hundreds who have taken part so far, we’ve only had two or three parents say that they think solo performance is a bit beyond the years we are teaching it to. Well, yesterday, I bumped into the mum of a student who did the course two years running and has now moved on to High School. She said: ‘Rose won a prize in a public speaking competition last week and wanted you to know she owes it all to you!’ Now, of course we all know that Rose would have picked up tricks and tips from school and heaps of other sources too, but we’re really proud to have played a part, and we now proceed more confidently than ever before, knowing that we’ve got the balance right between ACHIEVABILITY & CHALLENGE!!